#reefs
Mare Clausum
by Michael R. Burch
These are the narrows of my soul—
dark waters pierced by eerie, haunting screams.
And these uncharted islands bleakly home
wild nightmares and deep, strange, forbidding dreams.
Please don’t think to find pearls’ pale, unearthly glow
within its shoals, nor corals in its reefs.
For, though you seek to salvage Love, I know
that vessel lists, and night brings no relief.
Pause here, and look, and know that all is lost;
then turn, and go; let salt consume, and rust.
This sea is not for sailors, but the ******
who lingered long past morning, till they learned
why it is named:
Mare Clausum.
Originally published by Penny Dreadful. Keywords/Tags: mare, clausum, closed, sea, narrows, shoals, reefs, uncharted, islands, wreckage, shipwreck, damage, dark, tides, waters, surf, stranded, Robinson Crusoe
Apr 8, 2020
Apr 8, 2020 at 1:01 AM UTC
the reefs that I call home
will become nothing more
than barren graveyards
of memory.
Jun 22, 2019
Jun 22, 2019 at 1:02 PM UTC
stunning coral reefs
beneath the tidal oceans
a paradise place
colors blending beautifully
the world of marine finery
Feb 16, 2017
Feb 16, 2017 at 9:58 PM UTC